{
  "id": 854439,
  "title": "Organs age at different speeds: A blood test might soon tell which ones",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/organs-age-at-different-speeds-a-blood-test-might-soon-tell-which-ones",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-14T09:00:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-08-age-blood.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Researchers from the CeMM Research Center for Molecular Medicine and the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Network Medicine have developed a blood test that could potentially determine the biological age of specific organs. By analyzing over 25,000 tissue samples from 40 different tissue types, the study found that organs age at different rates throughout life, and these changes can even be detected from blood samples. The researchers used artificial intelligence to examine the microscopic architecture of tissues, revealing that age is the strongest factor shaping tissue appearance across all 40 tissue types. The study, published in Nature Medicine, provides a new framework for understanding aging and may open new avenues for disease monitoring and early diagnosis.",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}